TableĀ 4

Patient attitudes towards the making trial results publically available

QuestionAnswer choicesN (%)
If you knew that a study sponsor or investigator had not made results from previous trials publicly available, would this affect your decision to participate in a new trial run by the same group?More likely to participate96 (12)
Less likely to participate499 (63)
No impact204 (26)
How important is it to you that the people who did the study make the results from a trial that you took part in publicly available?Very important383 (48)
Important291 (36)
Minor importance78 (10)
Not important47 (6)
How important is it to you that the people who did the study make the results from a trial that you took part in available to you personally?Very important413 (52)
Important264 (33)
Minor importance69 (9)
Not important52 (7)
As part of the informed consent process, how important would it be to you as a potential trial participant to know whether the people sponsoring or running the trial had made the results from previous trials available to the public?Very important385 (48)
Important290 (36)
Minor importance66 (8)
Not important58 (7)